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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
7
An old warning style ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for children's constipation. It claims a teaspoonful will cleanse the bowels within hours and promotes a 60 cent bottle with printed directions for all ages, warning to beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
A Mobilian in the suburbs welcomed a Jersey calf to the barnyard and a week later his wife gave birth to a 10-pound daughter. A downtown encounter followed as a lady asked about a long awaited addition, and the father proudly replied with the Jersey heifer calf.
The ad warns Americans about kidney stress from rich foods and uric acid buildup. It promotes four ounces of Jad Salts taken in water before breakfast to flush kidneys and relieve bladder issues, claiming safe lithia formula and health benefits for the whole family.
An odd tale recounts a dispute where a child is described as badly spoiled by a first mother Mrs Clancy and a second mother Mrs Gavan, with a steam toller involved as alleged in the account.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for itching burning skin troubles with hot water and Cuticura Ointment for the affected area. It offers free samples by mail from Boston and notes Cuticura is sold everywhere. A separate fragment discusses budget fashion and a character named Bennet.
A brief reader exchange notes a request for fresh dates and a racer declining to share a calendar item. The suggestion is to borrow from a friend or pawnbroker for a calendar date.
A brief note on a small daughter’s gift to a cherished mother or elder sister and the idea of careful and conscientious work within a limited budget. The piece suggests a simple Chinese craft as an approachable option.
The passage notes a student who is urged to succeed if she can sew and is careful with cutting and sewing. It describes a method requiring cutting two pieces of cardboard, each seven inches long, as part of the workbox activity.
A detailed craft tutorial describes making a Chinaman’s shoe style sole with a satin upper and muslin lining. It includes steps for sewing, decorating with Chinese colors, and adding a needle pocket, thread spools, and scissors, ending with a bride’s gift box in white satin with silver thread wistaria embroidery.
The article advises women to study their face and head shape to tailor hair styles. It discusses concealing or highlighting foreheads and ears, whether hair should cover or reveal features, and how parting and back styling affect the eyes nose and profile for a balanced, classic head shape.
An asbestos cloth offers superior protection over felt or quilted options. It shields tabletops from heat and spills, is waterproof and heatproof, lintless, and neatly bound. The cloth comes in two halves of three bound, hinged sections that resist warping and fold away in a sideboard drawer.
A blouse described in pale pink chiffon uses crape and skunk fur as trimming. It features a basque silhouette over a black panne belt with tiny black dot accents on a V neck and sleeves, plus net ruffies. A small bolero of old gold mousseline de sole with skunk fur edging and a cameo brooch completes the look.
Summer fashion centers on Leghorn hats with masses of pink roses and bright faces. Crepe brims display embroidery and delicate silk towers. Queenly styles like Empress Eugenie inspire the new headpieces with ornate streamers and quaint pokes.
On a moonlit river fairies ignore the queen's warning and sail on leaves. Water nymphs splash and teach them a lesson, sending them in shells drawn by fish. Neptune arrives, forgives the act, and creates Fairy Island as a boundary. The nymphs and fairies agree to be friends, and the fairies resume their moonlit sails with aid from the nymphs.
The piece compares city and country boys on stamina and resolve. It argues city youths endure hardships better, while country boys excel by drive to win urban prizes seen as alluring yet hard to attain.
The article outlines the main goals of boys agricultural clubs in the South. It emphasizes training in country life and scientific farming, linking school life to home life, fostering cooperation, dignifying farming, broadening boys’ vision, and aiding teachers. It notes long term outcomes: some join agricultural colleges, others farm, producing capable citizens and independent farmers.
The article notes President Wilson is exceedingly fond of detective stories and enjoys reading mystery novels. He reportedly favors clever plots and sharp deduction as leisure.
The text notes that over 62 percent of Pennsylvania’s population is employed in a gainful occupation, highlighting a broad state labor participation context alongside a marketing line for Denison's Coffee.
Badger farms face crop issue as sources report stress from drought and pests. Local officials warn farmers to monitor fields, apply treatments, and seek aid as yields may dip this season.
Eugene Smith caught a living turtle in the Pee Dee swamps that has two fully developed heads, each distinct and capable of independent action. Smith notes the creature eats with both heads in Mullins South Carolina dispatches to the New York World.
Officer Mc Pherson testifies he found a man beating his wife in the wagonyard. The gaunt farmer admits the act, blaming years of alleged spousal abuse by his wife and claiming he merely caught her when she wasn’t feeling right. Judge Broyles probes the admission.
A gossiping banker quips at a Carnegie luncheon about a defaced epitaph on the captain of industry Trillions. The tombstone reads He did his best, with the added insult of the word friends tagged by a vandal.
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